Academie Verloskunde Maastricht

What Academie Verloskunde Maastricht does

Academie Verloskunde Maastricht (AVM) is a faculty of Stichting Zuyd Hogeschool, a Dutch public university of applied sciences, operating as the knowledge center for physiological midwifery in the Southern Netherlands with national and international reach. Established in 1988, the institution delivers a four-year HBO Bacheloropleiding Verloskunde (rated a TOPopleiding by HBO Keuzegids 2026), a two-year joint-degree Master Verloskunde launched in September 2023 with AVAG and Hogeschool Rotterdam, and a Leven Lang Leren continuing education portfolio covering echoscopy, fetal monitoring, contraception counseling, and suturing. It also operates two research chairs: the Midwifery Science lectorate (since 2007) and the Bijzonder Lectoraat Sociale zorg in de Verloskunde (since June 2024).

AVM's educational technology is built on Problem-Based Learning (Probleem Gestuurd Onderwijs, PGO), a student-centered, small-group pedagogical framework deployed since 1988, supplemented by a modern skills lab with VR training, e-learning modules for contraception and prenatal screening counseling, and a conversational CHAT-Geboortezorg tool for assessing health literacy of expectant parents. The institution has 84 staff, approximately 220 enrolled students, and a numerus fixus of 68 bachelor admission places per year. The graduates obtain BIG-registered midwife qualifications.

Revenue is derived from Dutch government educational subsidies, statutory tuition fees, and continuing education course fees (Leven Lang Leren). The academy does not have external investors or venture capital backing; institutional funding flows through its parent Stichting Zuyd Hogeschool. Go-to-market is sales-led and selection-based: prospective students apply through Studielink by January 15 and undergo a two-round selection process of knowledge tests, motivation assessment, and interviews. Continuing education is distributed through direct registration, on-location training, and custom course development for mid-market clients such as midwifery practices.

Name

Academie Verloskunde Maastricht

Legal name

Stichting Zuyd Hogeschool

Website

https://av-m.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

1988

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Academie Verloskunde Maastricht is a Dutch public HBO faculty within Zuyd Hogeschool that trains BIG-registered midwives via a four-year bachelor program, joint-degree master, and continuing education, serving prospective students and practicing midwives in the Netherlands.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Midwifery Education and Healthcare Professional Training

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (61131), Educational Services (61), Educational Support Services (61171)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYHLAFAJAC

Midwifery & Birth Centers

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Healthcare Providers & Systems/Women’s & Children’s Health Providers

Keywords

• Midwifery education
• Health professional training
• Professional development courses
• Healthcare academic programs
• Maternal health research

Headquarters

HQ city

Maastricht

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Bachelor Tuition Fees: Students pay statutory tuition fees (wettelijk collegegeld) as regulated by Dutch government. Additional costs include study materials and equipment.
2. Continuing Education Courses: Leven Lang Leren (Lifelong Learning) offers courses and training for practicing midwives including echoscopy training, counseling skills, fetal monitoring, suturing, and Big-register re-registration assessments. Fees vary by course.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Academie Verloskunde Maastricht (AVM) delivers a four-year HBO Bachelor of Midwifery and a two-year joint-degree Master of Midwifery (launched September 2023 in collaboration with AVAG and Hogeschool Rotterdam) to train BIG-registered midwives. It supplements these degree programs with a Leven Lang Leren continuing education portfolio (echoscopie, fetal monitoring, contraception counseling, suturing, BIG-register re-registration) for practicing midwives, and operates the Lectoraat Midwifery Science research centre for practice-oriented midwifery research.

Product overview

Academie Verloskunde Maastricht (AVM) is an educational institution offering a portfolio of midwifery programs. The core offerings include a four-year Bacheloropleiding Verloskunde (top-rated TOPopleiding according to HBO Keuzegids 2026) and a joint-degree Master Verloskunde launched in 2023 with other Dutch midwifery schools. Supporting these are Leven Lang Leren professional development courses (echoscopie training, prenatal screening counseling, fetal monitoring, suturing workshops, contraception e-learning) and the Lectoraat Midwifery Science research centre conducting practice-oriented research. Additionally, the Bijzonder Lectoraat Sociale zorg in de Verloskunde (special chair) focuses on psychosocial care integration. Products like CHAT-Geboortezorg support evidence-based care delivery.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Bacheloropleiding Verloskunde Four-year full-time HBO bachelor program training students to become BIG-registered midwives; TOPopleiding according to HBO Keuzegids 2026, located in a modern medical education environment next to Maastricht University with a numerus fixus of 68 places per year.
• Masteropleiding Verloskunde (Joint Degree) Two-year joint-degree master program offered collaboratively by all Dutch midwifery education institutions (AVM, AVAG, Hogeschool Rotterdam), building on the bachelor qualification to advance clinical and scientific midwifery competencies.
• Leven Lang Leren (Cursussen en Trainingen)

Quantifiable outcome

• First Master Verloskunde graduates in 2025
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature3 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• Midwifery Research Netwerk Nederland (MRNN)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2007National collaboration network for research within maternity care, connecting research departments of all midwifery education programs in the Netherlands for joint research initiatives.
• Universiteit Maastricht and MUMC+coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOngoing research collaboration including CAPHRI research school, departments of Obstetrics & Gynecology, General Practice, Health Education and Promotion. The Midwifery Science lectorate has its own chair at Maastricht University.
• KNOV (Koninklijke Nederlandse Organisatie van Verloskundigen)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProfessional association of midwives collaborating on research projects, guidelines development, and factsheets such as those for appropriate care in pregnancy.
• Academie Verloskunde Amsterdam Groningen (AVAG)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint-degree Master Verloskunde collaboration since 2023, offering combined master program across Dutch midwifery schools.
• Hogeschool Rotterdam VerloskundecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint-degree Master Verloskunde collaboration providing nationwide master program for midwives.
• EU COST Action 18211 (DEVoTION)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean research network on perinatal mental health and birth-related trauma, funded by EU, with the academy participating in developing informational materials.
• University of Michigan, USAminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational academic collaboration for midwifery research and knowledge exchange.
• University of IcelandminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational academic collaboration for midwifery research.
• University College Cork, IrelandminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational academic collaboration for midwifery research.
• Limburgs Consortium Verloskunde (LOQS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional collaboration of professionals within Limburg maternity care from primary and secondary care sectors.
• Gemeente HeerlenminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on 'Kansrijk van start' project for healthy child development in Heerlen municipality.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Others

• KNOV (Koninklijke Nederlandse Organisatie van Verloskundigen): KNOV is the Dutch professional association of midwives and a core strategic partner of AVM, collaborating on guidelines, research projects, and BIG-register re-registration training. Comparable as the ecosystem/regulatory counterpart that defines professional standards feeding AVM's curriculum.
• Maastricht University: Maastricht University hosts the Midwifery Science chair and is a co-research partner via CAPHRI; its Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences shares the Randwyck campus with AVM. Comparable as the academic-university counterpart that AVM's HBO research lectoraat is credentialed through.
• Zuyd Hogeschool: Stichting Zuyd Hogeschool is AVM's parent institution — a public university of applied sciences in Limburg that provides governance, shared services, and budget envelope for AVM. Comparable as the institutional context in which AVM operates, rather than a market competitor.
• NIVEL (Netherlands institute for health services research): NIVEL is a Dutch health-services research institute that collaborates with AVM on midwifery care quality and access research. Comparable as a research-data partner in the same professional field, but not an educational competitor.

Direct peers

• Hogeschool Rotterdam Verloskunde: Hogeschool Rotterdam's midwifery program is the third partner in the joint-degree Master Verloskunde alongside AVM and AVAG, and operates a comparable bachelor midwifery track with similar HBO positioning and continuing-education offerings for practicing midwives.
• Academie Verloskunde Amsterdam Groningen (AVAG): AVAG is one of the two other Dutch midwifery education institutions that jointly deliver the Master Verloskunde with AVM. It offers the same four-year HBO bachelor midwifery program and competing continuing-education courses, making it the closest direct peer in the Dutch market.

Regional players

• Thomas More Hogeschool: Thomas More is a Flemish hogeschool that runs a comparable midwifery (vroedkunde) program just across the border in Belgium. It serves a similar HBO-level professional midwife training mission in a different regulatory and language market, making it the closest geographic / functional peer outside the Netherlands.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/masterverloskunde
• Facebookfacebook.com/academieverloskundemaastricht
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/academie-verloskunde-maastricht
• Instagraminstagram.com/academie.verloskunde.zuyd

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Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

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